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StuartRae

New member
A common sight in the Lake District, but in this case the sign may be a trifle unnecessary.

I couldn't decide whether the full or cropped image gets the point across best, si I've posted both versions. WDYT?

no-path.jpg


no-path-2.jpg

Regards,

Stuart
 

Cem_Usakligil

Well-known member
For me, definitely the second one as it shows the stone walls to the left and behind. But I am a sucker for a lot of details in a picture ;-). Especially the van in front of a yellow roof is a nice bonus. But if you want to keep the attention on the sheep, I'd take the 1st one and crop it even more.

Cheers,
 

StuartRae

New member
Cem and Mike,

Thanks for the comments. You both confirm what I thought.

Especially the van in front of a yellow roof is a nice bonus.
Initially that was why I cropped the image, because I thought the van was extraneous, but then the aspect ratio was wrong (I don't like long, thin images unless they're panoramas), so I had to crop the sides as well.
But then I realised that the van (the yellow thing is a roof box) actually defined the point where the path might have led if there had been one.

....if you want to keep the attention on the sheep.......
I have enough photos of sheep without bothering about this one. In any case, the choice is too much ;-)

Regards,

Stuart
 

Andrew Stannard

pro member
Hi Stuart,

For what it's worth, I prefer the cropped version - the extra info in the wide shot doesn't do so much for me.

Perhaps I have seen similar scenes enough times for my mind to make up the surrounding landscape and walls, whereas for some people the wide shot would add extra context to the image.

Just my thoughts,
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Hi Stuart,

This is an interesting challenge to combine ridicule and clutter on the one hand with some composition. I would think you have an array of possible versions of this scene. Are there any with a dominant pattern in the wooden trusses or the arrangement of animals. In other words is there, in all this an absurd path really present as in Escher's work. I do refer to him a lot since his vision for this was clear as it was confusing.

Asher
 
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